Samsung's Galaxy S8 hits stores, aims to move on from recall crisis

by Bonnie Marshall on 22/04/2017

Analysts are expecting the S8 to comfortably outsell the S7 this year, partly because it's been a year since the last flagship Samsung phone was released since the Note 7 had to be recalled in October.

Samsung Electronics Co.is estimated to make less than 100,000 won ($88.20) for each Galaxy S8 smartphones sold, industry watchers said Friday, hovering far below the market price of 935,000 won. They feature a new design in which the "infinity display" wraps around the.

It's possible there was a glitch in the software which upset the color balance on the Galaxy S8, meaning it might not be a hardware concern. The back of the smartphone will be Gorilla Glass 5 like in Galaxy S8.

Among smartphone users, about a third (31 percent) said they own a Samsung, a figure that lags Apple smartphone users by 3 percentage points. One picture showed two devices with identical RGB color-balance settings, but one of the screens was a stronger shade of red. The Galaxy S8 will also come with a three-month free trial of Play Music's subscription streaming service, which includes access to more than 40 million songs and thousands of curated playlists.

We can't say anything about the battery because Samsung tries it's best, but the battery has always been a problem in Samsung Galaxy smartphone. This device is also said to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 or Exynos 8895 processor. Some customers who preordered the Galaxy S8 have written via online communities that their new phones have a reddish screen that did not improve even after adjusting the red color to the lowest setting.